Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Fraud
Scammers circulated AI-manipulated videos of Cypriot officials to endorse fraudulent financial platforms. Several individuals suffered significant financial losses as a result of the investment scam.
- first report
- 12 May 2025
- last update
- 12 May 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-05-12Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Alleged Investment FraudAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1063
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraud
- severity
- 4 · Confirmed real-world loss
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 12 May 2025 · first reported 12 May 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Fraud https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/purported-ai-manipulated-videos-of-cypriot-officials-circula · AIR-2025-0139 · closed 2025-05-26 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-05-12 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary Scammers circulated AI-manipulated videos of Cypriot officials to endorse fraudulent financial platforms. Several individuals suffered significant financial losses as a result of the investment scam. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-05-12: Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Alleged Investment Fraud (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1063) ## Sources - 2025-05-12 AI Incident Database: Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Alleged Investment Fraud https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1063 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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